3 emily of emerald hill introduction
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An Introduction to the play
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The Peranakans
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Handicraft
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weddings
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food
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Style: one-man monologue
What is a monologue?
In theatre, a monologue is a
speech presented by a single
character, most often to express
their thoughts aloud, thoughsometimes also to directly
address another character or
the audience.
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1. Personal: everything will revolve
around the character. Because it is sopersonal and reflective, the audiencewill be able to empathise more with thecharacter
2. Reflective: for both the audience regardingthe character as well as the character, who
will reflect a lot either his past, present, future
events, thoughts or emotions
3. Greater insights into the characters thoughts,
feelings, motives, background
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1. Biased: one-sided opinion/view
from the character
2. Difficult to sustain audience interest. Thecharacter must have gone through a lot, ora very round character with positive sides as
well as flaws to sustain interest.
3. The actor playing must be able
to relay emotions and conflicts
well. Inflection of voice, tone when
speaking to audience or another
unseen character can be
challenging.
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FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
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In a play, the stage directions
(instructions to the actors) are printed
out. What do you think is the purpose of
showing the stage directions for thereader of a play?
Besides instructions on where to stand,what other instructions do you notice in
the play.
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Stage directions may also instruct on the people
controlling lighting. E.g. on page 28 Lights up on
auxilliary acting area and on page 44 The stage grows
completely dark: the spotlight on Emily narrows.
The purpose of showing stage directions is so that the
reader can better visualise the position of the actor.
Besides what the actor says, remember that how the
actor behaves also gives an indication of how the
character is feeling or of his personality.
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Why is it important to mention that Emily is smiling?
Answer: Smiling is important to show to the
audience that Emily is feeling happy. And then
suddenly immediately after that, we hear of
Richards death and Emily will surely be no longer
smiling, feeling crushed. This further highlights and
emphasises to the audience Emilys feeling of loss.
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Why is it important to mention the manner (slow) in
which Emily moves here?
Answer: To show that time has elapsed, her
movements are slower, the lights go down slightly
effect of lighting, to show the softer side of Emily
because of her old age now.
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What is the purpose?
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Consider if an entire play is done with only
one type of lighting, will it not serve its
purpose too?
Remember that during Shakespeares timeand during the Greeks and Roman time
period, acting didnt require such technical
know how. But why would modern theatre use
lights?
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Create the time of the day e.g. blue to
show nighttime, red/orange to showsunset or sunrise or evening time
Block out other actors/props and focus only on theactor/actors
Used to create a specific atmosphere.
e.g. total darkness with very soft lightingto create suspense or an eerie feeling